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French toast is an incredibly delicious and indulgent meal that is effortless to throw together. The best french toast recipe should leave you with a custard like middle with a golden, crunchy and buttery outside. This is the perfect french toast and once you make it this way, you won’t look back.
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French toast
French toast will always signify a slow Sunday’s morning where an indulgent breakfast is calling to be enjoyed. The way to achieve this is to make your egg mixture the night before and leave the bread slices to soak up the batter overnight. I place them snugly into a shallow dish and pour the mixture all over. Try to avoid doing a quick dip into the batter if you can! I also like to fry my French toast in a skillet with lots of butter with just a drizzle of olive oil to ensure the butter does not burn.
If you are feeling particularly indulgent, you can use a brioche loaf for the bread however, a white sourdough works just as well. The great thing about a classic french toast recipe is that you can cater the toppings however you please. My favourite topping is maple syrup and strawberries, raspberries or blueberries but chocolate, a dusting of powdered sugar, pinch of salt and even condensed milk works just as well!
Egg mixture
This is made up with lots of milk, eggs, cinnamon and a touch of vanilla extract. You can use dairy-free milk such as oat milk or almond milk. This is an incredibly easy french toast recipe!
How to cook your french toast
There are many ways to cook french toast from placing them on a baking sheet and popping them in the oven to bake or frying them in a skillet pan in lots of butter for that extra flavor.
Why do you soak the bread overnight?
By leaving the bread to soak overnight, you are allowing the liquid to be fully absorbed by the bread. It also deepens and enhances the flavour and ensures a soft and custard like centre. Make sure you lay them in a single layer and flip them to ensure the bread is evenly soaked.
Do you have to soak the bread overnight?
Ideally it’s best if you can soak the bread in the french toast batter overnight however, if this cannot be done I suggest leaving it soak for a minimum of 30 minutes to 1 hour. As we want that custard like middle, cut very thick slices of bread.
What kinds of bread do yourecommend I use?
Traditionally a brioche loaf is used and considered the best bread to use yet I find this type of bread hard to source so resort to a thick white sourdough loaf. You could also used challah or even croissants! Day-old bread also works much better than fresh bread as it will hold its shape when fried.
What is brioche bread?
Brioche is a French bread /pastry that resembles bread. It is made with lots of eggs, milk and butter.
What should I top my French Toast with?
This is entirely up to you! I like to use fresh strawberries and maple syrup as my toppings.
French Toast
French toast is an incredibly delicious meal that is effortless to throw together.
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Prep Time:5 minutes mins
Cook Time:6 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: French
Keyword: French toast, sweet french toast
Servings: 4
Author: Daen's Kitchen
Ingredients
- 6 Slices of white bread cut at 4cm thick
- 5 Eggs
- 1 1/2 cups Full cream milk
- 1/4 cup White sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon
- 50 g Butter
- Olive oil
- Maple syrup
- Strawberries sliced
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla bean paste and cinnamon powder until all ingredients are well combined.
Place the slices of bread into a deep dish tray. The more snug they are the better. Pour the mixture all over the bread and leave to sit for a minimum of 2 hours or ideally overnight. The bread will soak up all of the liquid.
In a fry pan on a medium/high heat, melt the butter with a drizzle of olive oil. When the butter starts to foam, place a piece of bread into the pan and cook for 3 minutes on each side or until golden and crispy. Remove from the pan and repeat this step with the remainder of the bread.
Drizzle maple syrup all over and finish off with a sprinkling of fresh fruit.
